Wicked people means people who have no love: therefore, they have no shame. They have the power to ask love because the don't need it: they have the power to offer it because they have none to give.

Now of all the idealist abominations that make society pestiferous I doubt if there be any so mean as that of forcing self-sacrifice on a woman under the pretense that she likes it.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat